Marbella visitor numbers up!

There was an increase in the number of visitors to Marbella this summer

Marbella has recorded nearly 1,000,000 overnight stays during the months of July, August and September.

400,000 overnight stays were from domestic tourists and 573,000 from foreign nationals, representing a 2.44% increase compared to 2009 figures.

According to the National Institute of Statistics (INE), provided by the city of Marbella, the figures show a growth of 3.42% in the case of Spanish travelers and an increase of 9.22% in the case of foreign nationals.

Regarding the average stay in hotels, there has been a slight increase compared with last summer, going from 4.25 days to 4.48.